Section
16:
Texas Education Code
The Texas Education
Code (TEC) is referenced
throughout the manual.
This section is printed
from the Texas Education
Agency’s web
site: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
16.1 TEC §31.103.
Textbook Requisitions.
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Not later than the
seventh day after
the first school
day in April, each
principal shall report
the maximum attendance
for the school to
the superintendent.
Not later than April
25, the superintendent
of a school district
or the chief operating
officer of an open-enrollment
charter school shall
report the district's
or school's maximum
attendance to the
commissioner.
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A requisition for
textbooks for the
following school
year shall be based
on the maximum attendance
reports under Subsection
(a), plus an additional
10 percent, except
as otherwise provided.
A school district
or open-enrollment
charter school shall
make a requisition
for a textbook on
the conforming or
nonconforming list
through the commissioner
to the state depository
designated by each
publisher or as provided
by State Board of
Education rule, as
applicable, not later
than June 1 of each
year. The designated
state depository
or other storage
facility shall fill
a requisition approved
by the agency at
any other time in
the case of an emergency.
Added
by Acts 1995, 74th
Leg., ch. 260, Sec.
1, eff. May 30, 1995.
16.2 TEC Sec. 31.104
Distribution and Handling
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The board of trustees
of a school district
or the governing
body of an open-enrollment
charter school may
delegate to an employee
the authority to
requisition, distribute,
and manage the inventory
of textbooks in a
manner consistent
with this chapter
and rules adopted
under this chapter.
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A school district
or open-enrollment
charter school may
order directly from
the textbook depository
replacements for
textbooks that have
been lost or damaged.
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Each textbook must
state that the textbook
is the property of
or is licensed to
this state, as appropriate.
A school district
or open-enrollment
charter school must
number or place another
identifying mark
on each textbook.
Each teacher shall
keep a record of
the number or other
identifying mark
of each textbook
issued to each student.
Each textbook, other
than an electronic
textbook, must be
covered by the student
under the direction
of the teacher. Subject
to availability,
each school district
or open-enrollment
charter school shall,
at the request of
a parent or guardian
of a student enrolled
in the district or
school, allow the
student to take home
any textbook, other
than an electronic
textbook, used by
the student. The
student must return
the textbook to school
at the beginning
of the next school
day. A student must
return all textbooks
to the teacher at
the end of the school
year or when the
student withdraws
from school.
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Each student, or
the student's parent
or guardian, is responsible
for each textbook
not returned by the
student. A student
who fails to return
all textbooks forfeits
the right to free
textbooks until each
textbook previously
issued but not returned
is paid for by the
student, parent,
or guardian. As provided
by policy of the
board of trustees
or governing body,
a school district
or open-enrollment
charter school may
waive or reduce the
payment requirement
if the student is
from a low-income
family. The district
or school shall allow
the student to use
textbooks at school
during each school
day. If a textbook
is not returned or
paid for, the district
or school may withhold
the student's records.
A district or school
may not, under this
subsection, prevent
a student from graduating,
participating in
a graduation ceremony,
or receiving a diploma.
Added
by Acts 1995, 74th
Leg., ch. 260, Sec.
1, eff. May 30, 1995.
The
following section of
the Texas Administrative
Code is taken from
the TEA website.
16.3 Texas Administrative
Code
TAC §66.107 Local
Accountability
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Each school district
or open-enrollment
charter school shall
conduct an annual
physical inventory
of all currently
adopted instructional
materials that have
been requisitioned
by, and delivered
to, the district.
The results of the
inventory shall be
recorded in the district's
files. Reimbursement
and/or replacement
shall be made for
all instructional
materials determined
to be lost.
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